And the Oscar goes toGreen Book.
“Embrace ourselves and love each other. Dad, we did it,” Vallelonga said during his speech.
Green BookbeatThe Favourite,First Reformed,RomaandVicefor the Original Screenplay top honors.
Writers Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga.Kevin Winter/Getty
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Vallelonga put the script together based on interviews with his father and Shirley, as well as letters Shirley helped his father write to his mother during the time.
The movie took home best drama movie at the Golden Globe Awards, where Farrelly gave a touching speech.
“This is all just too disgusting,”La La Landproducer Jordan Horowitztweetedwith a screenshot of Vallelonga’s original post.
Vallelonga had replied to Trump, then running for president, to support Trump’s false claim about Muslims in America cheering on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
“Muslims in Jersey City cheering when towers went down. I saw it, as you did, possibly on local CBS news,” Vallelonga tweeted at the time. Trump was “100 percent correct,” he claimed.
In a statement to PEOPLE, Vallelonga apologized for the remark.
“I spent my life trying to bring this story of overcoming differences and finding common ground to the screen, and I am incredibly sorry to everyone associated withGreen Book,” he said. (The film’s studio, Universal, had no comment.)
The 91st Academy Awards are broadcasting live from Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 24 at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT on ABC.
source: people.com
